Claims– SkibidySigma

Posted on October 6, 2024 by SkibidySigma

PTSD Claims:

  1. Factual Claim:
    “James Peterson was so anxious and so suicidal that he couldn’t even muster the self-preservation to get into inpatient treatment.”
    • Analysis: This statement highlights the severe impact of PTSD on James’s ability to seek help, it emphasizes the urgent need for effective treatment options.
  2. Factual & Categorical Claim:
    “With three kids, eight, five, and two, and Kateri’s full-time job—as a VA nurse, actually—she could no longer manage his emotional plus physical problems: rheumatism consults, neuro consults for TBI, plus a burning rash on both feet he got in Fallujah in 2004.”
    • Analysis: This claim categorizes the various challenges Kateri faces, illustrating the complicated impact of PTSD and TBI on the entire family.
  3. Factual Claim:
    “Finally they enrolled him in a private clinical trial to get a needleful of anesthetic injected into a bundle of nerves at the top of his collarbone.”
    • Analysis: This demonstrates James’s bold approach to managing his PTSD, it highlights the lengths individuals will go to find relief from their diseases.
  4. Causal & Evaluative Claim:
    “Moments after the injection, he ‘went from balls-to-the-wall PTSD to BOOM chill.’”
    • Analysis: The vivid language suggests a significant reduction in his PTSD symptoms, indicating the potential effectiveness of the treatment.
  5. Causal & Factual Claim:
    “‘They’d “assumed the normal positions,’ she with her back to the restaurant, he facing it so he could monitor everyone, and suddenly, a server dropped a tray out of her periphery, setting her circulatory system off at a million miles a minute. ‘He just ate his steak like nothing,’ she says.”
    • Analysis: This describes an incident where James’s sudden calmness shocked Kateri. It shows that she had become so used to being aware of her surroundings like James, but now that he was better, she was the one who was still suffering.
  6. Comparative & Evaluative Claim:
    “Kateri, despite wishing her system hadn’t learned to run at a heightened state, at this point is like a drug addict, needing stimulation to maintain it.”
    • Analysis: This compares Kateri’s need for constant attentiveness to a drug addict’s dependence, it emphasizes her emotional strain and exhaustion.
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Claims – Taco491

Posted on October 6, 2024 by taco491

Section 8:

1. “Brannan sent Katie to the school therapist, once. She hasn’t seen any other therapist, or a therapist trained to deal with PTSD—Brannan knows what a difference that makes, since the volunteer therapist she tried briefly herself spent more time asking her to explain a “bad PTSD day” than how Caleb’s symptoms were affecting the family.

This quote is a comparative claim. The comparative claim made in this quote is about different kinds of therapist, specifically the differences between school therapist, therapists trained to deal with PTSD, and the volunteer therapist Brannan went to.

2. “Certainly she seems better than some other PTSD vets’ kids Brannan knows, who scream and sob and rock back and forth at the sound of a single loud noise, or who try to commit suicide even before they’re out of middle school.” 

This author uses a comparative claim in this quote when he mentions how Katie acts better than other children who have parents that are PTSD vets.

3. “Brannan is a force of keeping her family together.”

This quote is an evaluative claim. With it stating that she, herself, is a force behind her family, it involves the judgment that without her, her family would not be together.

4. “She sleeps a maximum of five hours a night, keeps herself going with fast food and energy drinks, gets Katie to and from school and to tap dance and art, where Katie produces some startlingly impressive canvases, bright swirling shapes bisected by and intersected with other swaths of color, bold, intricate.”

This quote is an illustrative claim. The author includes details to what a day looks like with Brannan as well as includes the types of canvases Katie draws. By including Brennan’s schedule, it invites readers to show empathy for her hard day of being the glue to her family. As for Katie’s drawing, it shows how she seems un-affected by her parent that is suffering from PTSD.

5. “That’s typical parent stuff, but Brannan also keeps Caleb on his regimen of 12 pills—antidepressants, anti-anxiety, sleep aids, pain meds, nerve meds, stomach meds—plus weekly therapy, and sometimes weekly physical therapy for a cartilage-lacking knee and the several disintegrating disks in his spine, products of the degenerative joint disease lots of guys are coming back with maybe from enduring all the bomb blasts, and speech therapy for the TBI, and continuing tests for a cyst in his chest and his 48-percent-functional lungs.”

This quote includes a categorical claim and casual claim. The categorical claim in this is all of the types of medicines Caleb takes. The casual claim in this is about the cause and effect relationship between bomb blast and people who are coming back from war with degenerative joint disease.

6. “She also works for the VA now, essentially, having been—after a good deal more complicated paperwork, visits, and assessments—enrolled in its new caregiver program, which can pay spouses or other family members of disabled vets who have to take care of them full time, in Brannan’s case $400 a week.”

This sentence contains a numerical and definition claim. The author uses a numerical claim when he mentions the amount of money Brannan is making from working for the VA. The definition claim comes into play when the author explains what kind of job Brannan has while working for the VA.

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Claims – Mongoose449

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Mongoose449

Section 19

There’s an abundance of parks and lakes and campgrounds—though I lose track of how many people warn me not to walk any unknown path for fear of trip wire and booby traps.

–The use of an Analogy and Comparative claim, not pointed to but implied with contrasting the ideality of parks and lakes, with grimness that people are warning him of trip wires off the beaten path in rural America.

 Today, VVW is dedicating a new, second building, a log safe house open 24 hours a day so vets who feel themselves becoming episodic have someplace to go—it’s better than just driving to VVW’s parking lot and sleeping in their trucks. 

–The use of an Illustrative claim pushes the reader to paint the VVW in a greater light, that they’re specifically dedicating a new building for some place to go.

 But it takes more than that. “She,” Danna says, meaning the wife—nearly all the vets around here are men—”NEEDS therapy.”

–Using a Definition claim, it’s obvious that they’re telling you spouses of vets also need therapy. It’s laid out directly Infront of you.

But she knows how it feels to have your nervous system turn against you, and that it’s harder for veterans to get better if their spouses don’t get treated.

–Using a Casual claim, they’re not saying it but implying again that their spouses need to get therapy, that it’s harder for vets to improve if their spouse doesn’t.

 Meanwhile, Hofstra professor Motta says, while “a simple Google search [of the research] would tell you that the children of traumatized people have problems, the VA doesn’t wanna spend the money. 

–The Credibility claim specifically implies the use of Professor, which most imply to be someone of scholarly intent, and often truth.

Even with veterans, they try to say, ‘Well, you really had a preexisting condition.’ It would cost millions upon millions to treat the people affected. They just don’t want to foot the bill.”

–This is a Factual claim, it’s using nonspecific numeric values and something that is indisputable, that the VA may deny your claim which may cost them millions.

Then again, the VA already is footing some $600 million worth of PTSD treatment for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan** in 2013, via hundreds of medical centers and smaller outpatient clinics, plus 232 vet centers that offer general readjustment services. 

–This uses a Numerical Claim, specifically to give the VA credit for the work they currently do, even if it isn’t enough. It’s meant to not seem so aggressive against the VA, even when previously they paint the VA as an organization who doesn’t want to help.

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PTSD Claims (Section 19) – PRblog24

Posted on October 6, 2024 by PRblog24

“Way up north, and nearly as west as you can go, in Ferry County, Washington, there’s a little town with no stoplights by the name of Republic. There’s an abundance of parks and lakes and campgrounds – though I lose track of how many people warn me not to walk any unknown path for fear of trip wire and booby traps.”

This is a descriptive claim. This section gives a description of the town of Republic, insinuating that the conditions may be tense due to the inclusion of warnings of trip wires and booby traps.

“They wanted to get away from society. And for the most part, they’ve blended in really well.”

This is an interpretive claim. This claim suggests that veterans living in Republic were trying to isolate themselves from society and eventually blended into the other citizens.

“We’re standing together on the grounds of Vietnam Veteran Wives, where Danna Hughes, founder of VVW, inspire and savior of Brannan Vines, is holding a fundraiser and tribute for our troops.”

This is a descriptive claim. This claim is descriptive because it describes the event of the fundraiser Danna Hughes held for her community.

“Back in the ’90s, Danna served three counties and some 5,000 former soldiers via the center she founded… A 2000 VA budget crunch led to her clinic‘s being terminated – and her husband’s disability pay ended when he killed himself in 2001.”

This is an explanatory claim. This claim explains how Danna’s clinic was impacted due to budget cuts made within the VA.

“VVW’s No. 1 priority has always been helping vets figure out how to get their benefits. ‘Money has to be first. You can’t breathe without it.'”

This is an evaluative claim. This claim is evaluative due to Donna making a judgment that money for veterans should be prioritized.

“But it takes more than that. ‘She,’ Danna says, meaning the wife – nearly all the vets around here are men – ‘NEEDS therapy.'”

This is an interpretive claim. This claim is interpretive because it interprets how PTSD in veterans also affects their families, such as their wives, insinuating that for their own well-being, they should also receive therapy.

“It may take years for the verdict to come in on whether secondary trauma will be officially acknowledged as its own unique form of hell.”

This is a predictive claim. This claim is predictive because it predicts that eventually there will be an acknowledgment of secondary trauma.

“The VA doesn’t wanna spend the money. Even with veterans, they try to say, ‘Well, you really had a preexisting condition.'”

This is an evaluative claim. This claim is evaluative because it evaluates the way the VA handles cases of trauma and PTSD.

“The VA already is footing some $600 million worth of PTSD treatment for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan in 2013, via hundreds of medical centers and smaller outpatient clinics, plus 232 vet centers that offer general readjustment services.”

This is a factual claim. This claim is factual due to providing statistics explaining the financial trouble found in PTSD treatment covered by the VA.

“Caleb alone, just in disability checks, not even including any of his treatment or his numerous prescriptions, will cost the VA $1.7 million if he lives until he’s 80.”

This is a factual claim. This claim is factual due to listing the prediction of the cost of Caleb’s disability checks to the VA based off of his expected lifespan.

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PTSD claim- iloveme5

Posted on October 6, 2024 by iloveme5

SECTION 22

  1. People around her think she needs a break, needs to rest, to take care of herself. “I know I’m not responsible for all these people,” Brannan says. “But at the same time, nobody else is, either.” With a half million disability cases stuck in a VA backlog, and an estimated 25 percent of Iraq/Afghanistan troops with PTSD not seeking treatment, her logic isn’t entirely off. So she takes on the case of a family from Wisconsin who paid rent today, but has literally no money left. If they make an appointment at the VA and can’t get in for several weeks, how do they eat, they want to know, in the meantime? And the vet in New Jersey who didn’t register for his VA benefits inside the five-year window. His life didn’t fall apart until six years after his service, so when he walked into a VA emergency room asking for help to not kill himself, he was turned away until he could clear the requisite mountain of paperwork. And the vet who got fired from his job for being unstable and is now homeless, like 13,000 other vets under 30, who now lives with his wife and teenager in his car.

This is a factual / numerical claim because it mentioned the 25 percent of troops with PTSD seeking treatment and the 13,000 vets under 30 living with their wife and teenager in his car and talks about how veterans are not receiving needed treatment or help.

2. “In a perfect world, everyone would know and understand what my family is going through,” Brannan says. She’s convinced Caleb not to leave her, convinced him that she still wants to be married to him. Not for the first, and she doubts for the last, time. “We can reach a deeper love,” she says. “When you share this sort of thing with a person, and you make it through it, it’s a deeper love, really.”

This is an ethical/moral claim because it is saying that when you share a certain love with someone you make it through.

3. “They will hang in there until the last dog is dead,” Danna told me of military spouses. She saw her husband through peripheral neuropathy, PTSD, prison, Agent Orange-linked disease, saw her son suffer living with a ball of anxiety and succumbing to drugs, and she doesn’t regret one day.

This is an Evaluative Claim it describes the how the views Danna and what she saw that Danna had suffered through. I think it can also be a comparative claim because she is comparing what Danna went through compared to her situation.

4. “If you love somebody, you stick with them,” she says, and there it is, naive, and beautiful, and impractically pure.

This is an ethical/moral claim because it says, “If you love somebody, you stick with them,” which indicates it is based on an emotional feeling.

5. “The whole point of FOV is trying to give people hope,” Brannan says. “Give people the tools to not give up.” So when she finds some, she still takes to her blog and spreads it as wide as she can.

This is an Illustrative claim. It speaks about the intention behind FOV and emphasizes its role in providing hope for people. The speaker, Brannan, mentions the importance of supporting others,

6. “Two nights ago,” she writes in one post, “I was doing my normal nightly running around like crazy to get laundry and school bags and lunches ready for the next day, when the hubby found me in the laundry room. To the sound of the running washing machine, the ‘thump, thump, thump’ of tennis shoes in the dryer, and the not so romantic smell of the kitty litter box, he held me for a moment and rocked me back and forth…and we danced. It lasted maybe 30 seconds…a brief moment in the middle of a chaotic day and a difficult week…but a brief moment that I’ve stored in my heart. A light in the darkness.”

This is an ethical/ illustrative claim because It shares a personal story that illustrates a moment of connection and joy amidst chaos, emphasizing the importance of small, meaningful experiences. It illustrates the memory in order for the reader to picture the moment. This type of claim often serves to evoke emotion and provide insight into human experiences, highlighting the importance of finding light in difficult times.

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Claims-Goat81

Posted on October 6, 2024 by GOAT81

There are continuing studies in which patients ingest MDMA, the active element in ecstasy, while discussing their painful experiences. This technique seeks to promote more positive and less scary connections with these events, which may aid in recovery. Furthermore, in some animal studies, rats are lightly tortured before being injected with a protein that inhibits the enzymes in their brains that build trauma memories.

Beta-blockers, which reduce the body’s adrenaline reaction, are a particularly interesting field of research. In one tiny trial, trauma victims who were given beta-blockers within six hours of the traumatic experience had a 40% lower risk of developing PTSD. Brunet is undertaking trials in which patients take beta-blockers while discussing their trauma in order to reduce their emotional reactivity during treatment sessions. The preliminary outcomes of these trials have shown promise. However, Brunet warns that “pharmacologically, there’s no magic bullet” for PTSD. He also underlines that typical therapy is often ineffective for more severe kinds of PTSD, especially in veterans. He observes, “Treatment offered to vets might be less effective than what’s offered to civilians with trauma,” citing considerable associated challenges that veterans experience.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant complicating factor in PTSD treatment. TBI, according to researchers, may increase the brain’s susceptibility to PTSD or intensify its symptoms, such as tiredness, agitation, disorientation, and headache. However, it is still unclear if TBI makes PTSD more difficult to treat. For example, James Peterson saw a decrease in the advantages of his treatment within a month of injection, which could be related to his TBI—but this is questionable. David Hovda, director of UCLA’s Brain Injury Research Center and an adviser to the Department of Defense, summarized the current state of knowledge by asserting that “there is no cure” for TBI.

As Hovda explains:“The brain is a complex organ, and understanding the interplay between injuries and psychological conditions is still a work in progress.”

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Claims – phoenixxxx23

Posted on October 6, 2024 by phoenixxxx23

Section 12

By this point, you might be wondering, and possibly feeling guilty about wondering, why Brannan doesn’t just get divorced.

—This is an example of a proposal claim. It gives us a recommendation on how we are supposed to feel. It also suggests that the Author is wondering why and feeling guilty about it. It can also be interpreted as evaluative claim as the author summarises how her readers feel, and even suggest they might be feeling guilty about it.

And she would tell you openly that she’s thought about it. “Everyone has thought about it,” she says. And a lot of Kateri’s eight-year-old son now counts the exits in new spaces he enters, and points them out to his loved ones until war or fire fails to break out, and everyone is safely back home.

—The passage utilizes illustrative claim to describe the son counting exits and the thoughts Brannan has about getting divorced. It’s Attributive when it claims to know what Brannan would say. Brannan also does an Attributive claim in her evaluation of feelings of others.

The whole following passage is a numerical and factual claims in various statistics, such as suicide rates,divorce rates and number of veterans in the USA. This claim provides evidence and numerical data that can be proven based on different studies done.I would specify more of the different claim types inside this paragraph below:

“In the wake of Vietnam, 38 percent of marriages failed within the first six months of a veteran’s return stateside;

—The author uses a causal claim when he mentions the HUGE percentage of failed marriages. This makes it obvious that living with veteran is extremely challenging.

“the divorce rate was twice as high for vets with PTSD as for those without.“

–Causal and Comparative claim since it compares rates for two different veteran types.

Vietnam vets with severe PTSD are 69 percent more likely to have their marriages fail than arm vets. Army records also show that 65 percent of active-duty suicides, which now outpass combat deaths, are precipitated by broken relatiosnhips.

—This quote is even more obvious causal claim. Vietnam/army vets number is a comparative claim.

Army records also show that 65 percent of active-duty suicides, which now outpass combat deaths, are precipitated by broken relatiosnhips…

– Comparative when comparing army duty/combat

“I love him,” she says.

–Ethical Claim. The statement “I love him” reflects an ethical claim based on emotional and moral considerations

Brannan fully supports any wife—who feels that she or her children are in danger, or in an untenable mental-health environment, or for whatever reason—who decides to leave. She’s here, through Family of a Vet, to help those people. But she’s also there for those FOV users who, like her, have decided to stay. “I have enormous respect for Caleb,” she explains if you ask her why. “He has never stopped fighting for this family. Now, we’ve had little breaks from therapy, but he never stopped going to therapy. I love him,” she repeats, defensively at times.

–Credibility Claim. Although not directly mentioned, Brannan implicitly conveys a credibility claim by endorsing her husband’s dedication to therapy. Her admiration for Caleb lends credibility to her choice to remain in the relationship.The author actively uses Attributive Claim which is a signal that they are passing along someone else’s claim, they distance themselves by an arms-length with a phrase like ”she explains”

He is her friend, and her first love, and her rock, and her lifeline, her blossoming young daughter’s father, her ally, and her hero, she tells Caleb when he asks. Because the person who most often asks Brannan why she stays with her husband is her husband.

–Evaluative Claim. The passage contains evaluative claims in its depiction of Caleb’s roles in Brannan’s life, including friend, first love, rock, lifeline, father, ally, and hero. These portrayals reflect subjective assessments of Caleb’s importance to Brannan.

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PTSD Claims – LoverofCatsandMatcha

Posted on October 6, 2024 by loverofcatsandmatcha

By this point, you might be wondering, and possibly feeling guilty about wondering, why Brannan doesn’t just get divorced. 

This is an ethical/moral claim. The author’s intent with this sentence was to initiate the intrigue in the reader’s mind, and lead them to question why Brannan would contradict her previous experiences. 

And she would tell you openly that she’s thought about it. “Everyone has thought about it,” she says. 

She is stating these things as fact. Though they may NOT be factual statements, they are factual claims. 

And a lot of Kateri’s eight-year-old son now counts the exits in new spaces he enters, and points them out to his loved ones until war or fire fails to break out, and everyone is safely back home. 

This claim is not exactly fleshed out enough to fall into one of the exact categories, but I would place it, at present, as a causal claim, as I believe the intent was to attribute/claim this behavior is a result of the learned behaviors from their upbringing. 

In the wake of Vietnam, 38 percent of marriages failed within the first six months of a veteran’s return stateside; the divorce rate was twice as high for vets with PTSD as for those without. Vietnam vets with severe PTSD are 69 percent more likely to have their marriages fail than other vets. 

These are numerical/factual claims. Each one employs a statistic to state a fact regarding Vietnam veterans and failed marriages as a means of perpetuating the primary point. 

Army records also show that 65 percent of active-duty suicides, which now outpace combat deaths, are precipitated by broken relationships. And veterans, well, one of them dies by suicide every 80 minutes. 

This is a numerical/factual/ATTRIBUTIVE claim. While it does fall into the first two categories, it is most clearly an attributive claim. It does not list a specific source for the data, but instead broadly quotes “Army records.” Which army records? They can’t exactly verify the claim, but name-dropping army records should be good enough, right? 

But even ignoring that though vets make up 7 percent of the United States, they account for 20 percent of its suicides —or that children and teenagers of a parent who’s committed suicide are three times more likely to kill themselves, too—or a whole bunch of equally grim statistics, Brannan’s got her reasons for sticking it out with Caleb.

This is a numerical/factual/MORAL claim. While the first half of the claim lists statistics, it uses them to contradict the actual claim being made. The direction it takes is an emotional one; one that frames Brannan as an “against all odds” sort of hero. 

“I love him,” she says.

This is a factual claim. Regardless of the truth behind her words, she is stating this as a fact, so it should be treated as so (unless it can be disproven later).

Brannan fully supports any wife—who feels that she or her children are in danger, or in an untenable mental-health environment, or for whatever reason—who decides to leave. She’s here, through Family of a Vet, to help those people. But she’s also there for those FOV users who, like her, have decided to stay. 

This is an evaluative claim. This claim is judging/evaluating the specific attributes of each marital situation in order to develop the suitability and value of FOV for them. 

“I have enormous respect for Caleb,” she explains if you ask her why. “He has never stopped fighting for this family. Now, we’ve had little breaks from therapy, but he never stopped going to therapy. I love him,” she repeats, defensively at times. He is her friend, and her first love, and her rock, and her lifeline, her blossoming young daughter’s father, her ally, and her hero, she tells Caleb when he asks. Because the person who most often asks Brannan why she stays with her husband is her husband.

These are factual and moral claims. While each one is written as indisputable fact, it is important to also assess the moral implications of each of them, and the emotional attachment involved that is providing a trigger to say these things. Are they true? Perhaps. But they are amplified by the emotional/moral aspect of the shared relationship. 

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PTSD Claims – pineapple 488

Posted on October 6, 2024 by pineapple488
  • “So tonight, six years after Caleb’s service ended, Brannan is cautiously optimistic but ready for anything on Lasagna Night.” This claim is factual as well as numerical because it can be proven that Caleb’s service ended six years ago. The end of the claim is evaluative because it involves a judgment of Brannan’s feelings.
  • “Early in the morning, she talked to their dog, Shilo, about it while she browned meat for Caleb’s favorite dish.” This claim is factual because it can be proven that she talked to the dog while browning meat. 
  • “’Daddy will be really happy,’ she told the German shepherd sitting on her kitchen floor.” This is an evaluative claim because she is making a judgment about how her father will feel. 
  • “Of course, he’s too cranky to be happy about anything, and he’ll be mad because Katie won’t eat it because I spent all day makin’ it and the only thing she wants to eat right now is pancakes.” This is an evaluative claim because she is once again making a judgment about her father’s feelings.
  • “Later, she reminds me that Lasagna Night can come apart in an instant, if Caleb has a ‘bad PTSD moment.’” This is a causal claim because she is claiming that the failure of their Lasagna Night would be caused by Caleb’s PTSD. 
  • “These are supposed to be her easy months, she sighs, April and May and June, before the anniversaries of his worst firefights—many of them in Ramadi; a lot of bad things happened in Ramadi—exacerbate his flashbacks and nightmares.” This is an evaluative claim as well as a factual claim because she is making a judgment about what she considers “easy months,” and it can be proven that Caleb’s firefights in Ramadi happened after the month of June.
  • “That’s usually September through January, the ‘really bad’ months, whereas in the spring, she gets a bit of ‘vacation,’ time to clean up the house and catch up on work, rest.” This is a comparative claim because the fall and winter months are described as bad and are being compared to the spring which is considered easier. 
  • “It’s April at the moment.” This is a factual claim because it can be easily proven. 
  • “But: ‘He’s processin’ somethin’ right now.’” This is an illustrative claim because it is illustrating Caleb’s current mental state and invoking sympathy. 
  • “She used to ask Caleb what was wrong, why he was coiled so tight and poisonous, screaming and yelling at everybody. That just agitated him more.” This is a causal claim because she is attributing the cause of his agitation to her asking him what was wrong. 
  • “Now, she lets it go, until eventually, after a couple of days or weeks of refusing to leave the house, or refusing to stay home and just disappearing outside, he comes to her. ‘Haven’t you noticed I’m having a bad time?’ he’ll ask.” This is an evaluative claim because a judgment is being made about Caleb’s behavior and feelings. 
  • “And then she’ll just sit and listen while he says he cannot get it out of his head, about how if he had caught that fucking sniper, that enemy sniper he’d been trying to get, that’d been following them around, terrorizing their unit, if he’d have managed to kill him like he was supposed to, then the sniper wouldn’t have gotten off the shot that killed his buddy.” This is an illustrative claim because he is describing the situation in a way that evokes sympathy. It could also be a credibility claim because it was his first hand experience of the event.
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ptsd claims- lil.sapph

Posted on October 6, 2024 by lil.sapph

“We await the results of the 20-year, 10,000-family-strong study of impacts on Iraq and Afghanistan veterans’ kin, the largest of its kind ever conducted, that just got under way”. This is a numerical claim. It states the number of veterans’ kin that were impacted and that take part of the study. 

“Meanwhile, René Robichaux, social-work programs manager for US Army Medical Command, concedes that “ina family system, every member of that system is going to be impacted, most often in a negative way, by mental-health issues.” This is a attributive claim and a credibility claim . The author uses René as the person who claims that statement instead of himself. The credibility claim comes from the fact that he introduced René as the social-work programs manager for US Army Medical Command, indicating the level of trustworthiness.

“That was the impetus for the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, which since 2005 has added 70 therapists to military installations around the country.” This is a causal claim as it states that It was the driving force for that program. 

 “Mostly what the program provides is couples’ counseling. Children are “usually not” treated, but when necessary referred to child psychiatrists—of which the Army has 31.” This is a evaluative claim as it is saying its what the program MOSTLY provides. 

“We’re better than we were,” Robichaux says. “But we still have a ways to go.” This can be an evaluative claim as it evaluates the situation and how “we” are doing towards it.  

“But “if you asked the VA to treat your kids, they would think it was nonsense,” says Hofstra’s Motta.” This is a causal claim as it predicts that asking the VA to treat your kids would lead VA to believe it was nonsense. 

“When I asked the VA if the organization would treat kids for secondary trauma, its spokespeople stressed that it has made great strides in family services in recent years, rolling out its own program for couples’ counseling and parenting training.” This is an attributive claim as well because it’s saying the spokespeople from VA claim great strides have been made. 

“the most important way to help the family deal with things is to ensure that the veteran gets effective treatment.” This is an evaluative claim as it states that that is the “most important way” for them to get what is seen as “effective” treatment. 

“this is a good time [for the VA] to make partners with the community so we can make good referrals” Or basically: “You’re on your own,” says Brannan.” This is an evaluative claim as it says that now is the good time for them to make partners in the community. 

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